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Samuel Rutherford Quotes: We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.
         

We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.


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Believe God's love and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your rock is Christ, and it is not the rock that ebbs and flows but the sea.

Believe God's love and power more than you believe your own feelings and experiences. Your rock is Christ, and it is not the rock that ebbs and flows but the sea.



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They lose nothing who gain Christ.



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Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.



O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without Thee, it would be hell; and if I could be in hell, and have Thee still, it would be heaven to me, for Thou are all the heaven I want.

O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without Thee, it would be hell; and if I could be in hell, and have Thee still, it would be heaven to me, for Thou are all the heaven I want.



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Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.



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In our fluctuations of feelings, it is well to remember that Jesus admits no change in His affections; your heart is not the compass Jesus saileth by.



I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.

I have been benefited by praying for others; for by making an errand to God for them I have gotten something for myself.



I pray God that I may never find my will again. Oh, that Christ would subject my will to His, and trample it under His feet.

I pray God that I may never find my will again. Oh, that Christ would subject my will to His, and trample it under His feet.



Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.

Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.



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No pen, no words, no image can express to you the loveliness of my only, only Lord Jesus.





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